Fantasy NASCAR rankings: Air Guard 400

by KFFL Staff on September 10, 2010 @ 19:56:00 PDT

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The Chase for the Sprint Cup is almost here. The final race before it begins will take place this weekend at Richmond International Raceway. Kyle Busch, who won the May race at Richmond, was our top-ranked driver heading into the Air Guard 400, but he only finished 32nd in qualifying. That bumps Denny Hamlin into the top spot. How does the rest of the field stack up against them? Who do you want in your fantasy NASCAR lineup?

Rk	Tier	Rk Chng	Driver	Car No.	Make	Sponsor	Team	Starting Pos
1	1	--	Denny Hamlin	11	Toyota	FedEx Office	Joe Gibbs Racing	14
2	1	--	Tony Stewart	14	Chevrolet	Old Spice/Office Depot	Stewart-Haas Racing	15

3	2	--	Kevin Harvick	29	Chevrolet	Shell/Pennzoil	Richard Childress Racing	20
4	2	--	Clint Bowyer	33	Chevrolet	Cheerios/Hamburger Helper	Richard Childress Racing	4
5	2	--	Jimmie Johnson	48	Chevrolet	Lowe's	Hendrick Motorsports	11
6	2	UP-16	Carl Edwards	99	Ford	Kellogg's	Roush Fenway Racing	1

7	3	UP-20	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Chevrolet	Target	Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing	2
8	3	UP-15	Joey Logano	20	Toyota	The Home Depot	Joe Gibbs Racing	6

9	4	--	Jeff Gordon	24	Chevrolet	National Guard Military Intelligence/DuPont	Hendrick Motorsports	22
10	4	--	Kurt Busch	2	Dodge	Miller Lite	Penske Championship Racing	21
11	4	--	Mark Martin	5	Chevrolet	GoDaddy.com	Hendrick Motorsports	19
12	4	DN-5	Ryan Newman	39	Chevrolet	U.S. Army	Stewart-Haas Racing	23

13	5	DN-1	Kyle Busch	18	Toyota	M&M's	Joe Gibbs Racing	32
14	5	--	Kasey Kahne	9	Ford	Budweiser	Richard Petty Motorsports	10
15	5	--	Jeff Burton	31	Chevrolet	Caterpillar	Richard Childress Racing	25
16	5	--	Greg Biffle	16	Ford	3M	Roush Fenway Racing	24
17	5	--	Marcos Ambrose	47	Toyota	Kingsford/Bush's Beans	JTG Daugherty Racing	13

18	6	--	Matt Kenseth	17	Ford	Crown Royal	Roush Fenway Racing	12
19	6	--	David Reutimann	00	Toyota	Aaron's Dream Machine	Michael Waltrip Racing	5
20	6	UP-34	A.J. Allmendinger	43	Ford	Insignia HDTV/Best Buy	Richard Petty Motorsports	3

21	7	UP-22	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	88	Chevrolet	Amp Energy/National Guard	Hendrick Motorsports	9
22	7	--	Martin Truex Jr.	56	Toyota	NAPA Brakes	Michael Waltrip Racing	29
23	7	--	Jamie McMurray	1	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker	Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing	34
24	7	UP-37	Paul Menard	98	Ford	Pittsburgh Paints/Menards	Richard Petty Motorsports	7

25	8	--	Casey Mears	13	Toyota	GEICO	Germain Racing	18
26	8	--	David Ragan	6	Ford	UPS	Roush Fenway Racing	26
27	8	--	Sam Hornish Jr.	77	Dodge	Mobil 1	Penske Championship Racing	33
28	8	--	Bobby Labonte	9	Chevrolet	Phoenix Construction	Phoenix Racing	43
29	8	--	Mattias Ekstrom	83	Toyota	Red Bull	Red Bull Racing	42
30	8	--	Travis Kvapil	38	Ford	Long John Silver's	Front Row Motorsports	38
31	8	UP-45	Brad Keselowski	12	Dodge	Penske Racing	Penske Championship Racing	8

32	9	--	Dave Blaney	36	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Tommy Baldwin Racing	27
33	9	--	Jeff Green	26	Ford	Air National Guard	Latitude 43 Motorsports	16
34	9	--	Elliott Sadler	19	Ford	Stanley	Richard Petty Motorsports	36
35	9	--	Regan Smith	78	Chevrolet	Furniture Row Companies	Richard Childress Racing	17
36	9	--	Jason Leffler	32	Toyota	Braun Racing	Braun Racing	35

37	10	--	Mike Bliss	55	Toyota	Prism Motorsports	Prism Motorsports	37
38	10	--	David Gilliland	37	Ford	Charter Air Transport	Front Row Motorsports	39
39	10	--	Joe Nemechek	87	Toyota	FrontRowJoe.com	NEMCO Motorsports	30
40	10	--	Scott Speed	82	Toyota	Red Bull	Red Bull Racing	31
41	10	--	Tony Raines	34	Ford	A&W All American Food	Front Row Motorsports	40
42	10	--	Kevin Conway	7	Toyota	Extenze	Robby Gordon Motorsports	41
43	10	--	Landon Cassill	71	Chevrolet	Post-9/11 GI Bill	TRG Motorsports	28

DNQ	N/A	DN-47	Terry Labonte	10	Chevrolet	Gander Mountain	Stavola Labonte Racing	44
DNQ	N/A	DN-NR	Michael McDowell	46	Dodge	Whitney Motorsports	Whitney Motorsports	45
DNQ	N/A	DN-48	Todd Bodine	64	Toyota	Gunselman Motorsports	Gunselman Motorsports	46
DNQ	N/A	DN-35	Scott Riggs	66	Toyota	Prism Motorsports	Prism Motorsports	47
DNQ	N/A	DN-31	Brian Keselowski	92	Dodge	K-Automotive Motorsports	K-Automotive Motorsports	48